MolluscaBase taxon details
Choromytilus meridionalis (Krauss, 1848)
224609 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224609)
accepted
Species
Mytilus meridionalis Krauss, 1848 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Mytilus meridionalis Krauss, 1848) Krauss, F. (1848) Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap- und Natallandes und zur Geographischen Verbreitung derselben mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner and Seubert, Stuttgart, 140 pp., 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13801704
page(s): 21-22, pl. 2 fig. 7 [details]
page(s): 21-22, pl. 2 fig. 7 [details]
Type locality contained in Table Bay
type locality contained in Table Bay [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Choromytilus meridionalis (Krauss, 1848). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224609 on 2025-09-11
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(of Mytilus meridionalis Krauss, 1848) Krauss, F. (1848) Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap- und Natallandes und zur Geographischen Verbreitung derselben mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner and Seubert, Stuttgart, 140 pp., 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13801704
page(s): 21-22, pl. 2 fig. 7 [details]
basis of record Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]
additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 158 [details]
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 21-22, pl. 2 fig. 7 [details]
basis of record Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]
additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 158 [details]
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | black mussel | [details] |
To Conchology (Choromytilus meridionalis)
To Malacopics (Choromytilus meridionalis (Krauss, 1848) Namibia, Karas, Lüderitz, of Bad Radford Bay, intertidal, cluster on rocks, collected January 1987, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)
To Malacopics (Choromytilus meridionalis (Krauss, 1848) Namibia, Karas, Lüderitz, of Bad Radford Bay, intertidal, cluster on rocks, collected January 1987, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)
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